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Original Articles

Metocean Comparisons of Jason-2 and AltiKa—A Method to Develop a New Wind Speed Algorithm

Pages 437-448 | Received 15 Jul 2014, Accepted 12 Nov 2014, Published online: 01 Oct 2015

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